Rosa rugosa 'Hansa'

#fragrant #colorpop

This member of the genus #rosa has been by far the heaviest bloomer this year...so #fragrant

Maybe I've posted this before, but... #wildlifewednesday #exoskeletal

So very #fragrant

Beautiful 💗

I put one of these in the front this year but didn’t do much, hopefully next year 🤞🏼

So #fragrant

Buds and open flowers everywhere I look... #fragrant

#anticipation

So #blowsy and #fragrant

#prettyblooms

I bet the perfume is gorgeous…

Definitely picking up speed now

Striped Squill photobombing

#fragrant

That’s a nice one ☝️

A beauty💖💖💖

They're now blooming in twos... #fragrant

Closer to opening now...

Buds everywhere!

Nice!!!

#newgrowth #wickedspines

Not a single sign of life yet...

#exoskeletal romance #wildlifewednesday

🤭😮

I know a soapy bucket of water for those two.

I appreciate nature but ...eeew! 😅

Japanese beetle trap that works.

@charlotte ...These are Japanese beetles. Very handsome, but they can eat 400 different desirable garden plants and they especially adore consuming hapless rose petals. They have no natural predators in the Midwest where I live so I say #killitwithfire

😲 oh . I understand now why they have to go to beetle heaven .

So #fragrant

Oh I bet it's smells great👍

Looks lovely 😍

When Japanese beetles attack! Pheromone traps on order... #killitwithfire

I have been watching for them. They are so destructive. 😡😡Good luck with the traps 👍

Take no prisoners!

At the office

Like all rugosas, this #blowsy mess is very #fragrant -- I only wish it would bloom better for me.

Good luck!! Such beautiful flowers.